#AC9A2E#AC9A2E

#AC9A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A2E
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -5.43, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 56.13, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0207 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0634, 32.0805, 7.2455)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A2E #2E40AC

analogous

#AC5B2E #AC9A2E #7FAC2E

triadic

#AC9A2E #2EAC9A #9A2EAC

tetradic

#AC9A2E #2EAC5B #2E40AC #AC2E7F

square

#AC9A2E #2EAC5B #2E40AC #AC2E7F

split-complementary

#AC9A2E #2E7FAC #5B2EAC

monochromatic

#4B4414 #7C6F21 #AC9A2E #CEBB49 #DBCD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AC9A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A2E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A2E	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76e',
    500: '#ac9a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a2e;
$custom-light: #c8b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68273,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A2E

secondary

#727EC3

accent

#5DE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A2E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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